Internet promotional material and conservation volunteer tourist motivations: A case study of selecting organizations and projects

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-27

  Grimm, Kerry E ^a   Needham, Mark D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation volunteer tourism; Internet; Motivations; Promotional material; Push pull

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861163198     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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